Grandma trapped by pile of leaves

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Grandma trapped in her house by massive pile of leaves.

Clearing leaves from the lawn is a familiar autumn routine, but spare a thought for grandmother Irene Robinson whose home in the West Midlands has been blocked by 50 sacks' worth of leaves.

The front of her home and her neighbour’s, has been surrounded by a 1metre (3ft) deep pile of leaves driven by decidedly chilly winter winds of more than 112kph (70mph).

Speaking outside her home in Brunswick Park Road, in Wednesbury, West Midlands, the 77-year-old said: ‘I could not even get out my front door on Monday it was so bad. I had to go round the back.

'It has been like this all week, I have lived here 23 years and I have never seen it like this. I have asked the council for help clearing it off my drive but they said they can only clear leaves from the footpaths.’

It would take one person a full day and at least 50 garden sacks to remove the pile which has blown in from a nearby cemetery. .....

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